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Latin: Relating to the courts or to the administration of justice; juridical; lawful Dies juridicus, a lawful day for the transaction of business in court; a day on which the courts are open. … [Read more...] about JURIDICUS

One well versed in the science of the law. The term is usually applied to students and practitioners of law. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The philosophy of law, or the science which treats of the principles of positive law and legal relations."The term is wrongly applied to actual systems of law. or to current views of law, or to suggestions tor its amendment, … [Read more...] about JURISPRUDENCE

Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology … [Read more...] about Jurimetrics J.

Lat. In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science. Jurisprudentia est divinarum atone hum an arum rerun notitia, justi atque injusti soientia. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of things divine and human, the science of what is right and what is wrong Dig. 1, 1, 10, 2; Inst 1, 1, 1. This defini tlon is adopted by Bracton, word for word Bract, fol. 3. Jurisprudentia … [Read more...] about JURISPRUDENTIA

Latin: Of right; of law. Juris et de jure. Of law and of right A presumption juris et de jure, or an Irrebuttable presumption, is one which the law will not suffer to be rebutted by any counter-evidence, but establishes as conclusive: while a presumption juris tantum is one which holds good in the absence of evidence to the contrary, but may be rebutted. Juris et seisinse … [Read more...] about JURIS